“This is a dark and riveting cop thriller with a big twist,” said Premiere Entertainment vice-president of development and acquisitions Carlos Rincon. “The director made exceptional use of the desolate location by turning it into an epic landscape that transforms itself into a menacing character.”

Skyler Mednick added: “Working with some of the team from 300 we succeeded in getting the same level of production quality that we bring to our much larger studio projects. This allowed us to elevate the quality of filmmaking in Devil’s Gate above what is typical of smaller genre pictures.”

President and CEO of Premiere Entertainment Group Elias Axume and Rincon brokered the deal with Mednick.